Residents and visitors to Cincinnati will celebrate Mai Fest this week-end, May 18 – 20. It is the celebration of the arrival of Spring.
Much as Mai Fest may be associated with some forms of revelry – German-style – with beer drinking, Spring is a season of new life, literally, springing from the ground. In a spiritual sense, Spring symbolizes renewal. After the doldrums of Winter, this is a time of vibrancy and transformation.
Most people are cheerful in Spring, certainly more so than in Winter. What is external on faces and even moods, stems from inner spiritual exuberance. It is possible to maintain the same transformation every day of life. This week-end could be the best starting point.
How can this continual life transformation be maintained?
The week began with The Days of Rogation, or “Days of Prayer” where the prayers focus on harmonious functioning of nature. Our transformation as human beings begins with connecting and seeking harmony with nature.
Indeed, the events in Cincinnati point in the same direction, for the International Butterfly Show, which began on April 21, continues through Mai Fest to June 24. Like many insects, butterflies are the final stage of a transformation (metamorphosis) which goes from eggs to larvae to pupae before becoming butterflies.
The Creator of nature - and humans too - must have designed the process of transformation for all creatures. There are metamorphoses that go unnoticed in human organs. Thus, transformation is necessary for life to be complete.
This week-end, and the days ahead, can jump-start all of us on this journey of perpetual transformation and fullness of life.
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